Thick haze 'beyond safe limits' spreads across northern Thailand

The thick haze yesterday spread across seven northern provinces and poor visibility interfered with a Bangkok Airways flight to Lampang. -- PHOTO: THE NATION (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The thick haze on Sunday spread across seven northern provinces and poor visibility interfered with a Bangkok Airways flight to Lampang. The 70-seat aircraft from Bangkok had to stop over at Sukhothai Airport in the morning and wait for the weather to clear before proceeding to Lampang. The aircraft finally arrived at Lampang Airport at about 11.35am (12.35pm Singapore time), more than an hour behind schedule. The Lampang weather bureau had issued an alert for a sharp drop in visibility. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. blog comments powered by Disqus